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joan walsh and bob shrum are here tonight. share your thoughts on facebook and on twitter using the #theedshow. we're coming right back. >>> thanks for stay with us on "the ed show" tonight. there is big news to report tonight on the fiscal cliff talks. today social security got sucked into the negotiations. here is the latest offer from the white house. the president of the united states campaigned on letting taxes go up on anyone making $250,000 a year. now he is offering to almost double it to $400,000 a year. democrats are also offering $8 billion in cuts. they want to raise the debt ceiling for the next two years. and now the white house is offering cost-of-living adjustments on social security. these are not your average cost-of-living adjustments. the white house says we can recalculate how much money people get as they age. the technical changes could save some money, but it could cost seniors dearly. this is what the poverty rate for seniors would look like without social security. almost half the seniors would fall b
joan walsh and bob shrum are here tonight. share your thoughts on facebook and on twitter using the #theedshow. we're coming right back. >>> thanks for stay with us on "the ed show" tonight. there is big news to report tonight on the fiscal cliff talks. today social security got sucked into the negotiations. here is the latest offer from the white house. the president of the united states campaigned on letting taxes go up on anyone making $250,000 a year. now he is offering...
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joan walsh and bob shrum are here tonight. share your thoughts on facebook and on twitter using the #theedshow. we're coming right back. [ male announcer ] when it comes to the financial obstacles military families face, we understand. at usaa, we know military life is different. we've been there. that's why every bit of financial advice we offer is geared specifically to current and former military members and their families. [ laughs ] dad! dad! [ applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] life brings obstacles. usaa brings advice. call or visit us online. we're ready to help. >>> thanks for stay with us on "the ed show" tonight. there is big news to report tonight on the fiscal cliff talks. today social security got sucked into the negotiations. here is the latest offer from the white house. the president of the united states campaigned on letting taxes go up on anyone making $250,000 a year. now he is offering to almost double it to $400,000 a year. democrats are also offering $8 billion in cuts. they want to raise the debt ceiling
joan walsh and bob shrum are here tonight. share your thoughts on facebook and on twitter using the #theedshow. we're coming right back. [ male announcer ] when it comes to the financial obstacles military families face, we understand. at usaa, we know military life is different. we've been there. that's why every bit of financial advice we offer is geared specifically to current and former military members and their families. [ laughs ] dad! dad! [ applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] life brings...
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joan walsh and bob shrummer are here tonight. share your thoughts on facebook and on twitter using the #the edshow. we're copping right back. the #t. we're copping right back. i gave birth to my daughter on may 18th, five days later, i had a massive heart attack. bayer aspirin was the first thing the emts gave me. now, i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. [ woman ] learn from my story. >>> thanks for stay with us on "the ed show" tonight. there is big news to report tonight on the fiscal cliff talks. today social security got sucked into the negotiations. here is the latest offer from the white house. the president of the united states campaigned on letting taxes go up on anyone making $250,000 a year. now he is offering to almost double it to $400,000 a year. democrats are also offering $8 billion in cuts. they want to raise the debt ceiling for the next two years. and now the white house is offering cost-of-living adjustments on social security. t
joan walsh and bob shrummer are here tonight. share your thoughts on facebook and on twitter using the #the edshow. we're copping right back. the #t. we're copping right back. i gave birth to my daughter on may 18th, five days later, i had a massive heart attack. bayer aspirin was the first thing the emts gave me. now, i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. [ woman ] learn from my story. >>> thanks for stay...
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i wasn't being funny, bob. i know. >>> and we are back. twitter is erupting tonight over breaking news out of michigan where republicans in the state have passed a right to work law. kevin tweets, "michigan must be crazy. right to work legislation quickly brings lower wages. aren't they suffering enough?" and ellen vollbrecht says "the name right to work is one of the biggest cons. it's not right to work. it's the right to be fired for any reason whether right or wrong." keep sharing your thoughts with us on facebook and on twitter using #edshow. >>> coming up, apple ceo tim cook announces plans to produce some of their computers right here in the united states. i'll ask e.j. dionne if the move could cause other companies to rethink where they're manufacturing. stay with us. ♪ if it wasn't for you ♪ don't know what i'd do ♪ i'd have nothing to prove ♪ i'd have nothing to lose [ male announcer ] zales is the diamond store. take an extra 10 percent off storewide, now through sunday. [ male announcer ] marie callender's puts everythin
i wasn't being funny, bob. i know. >>> and we are back. twitter is erupting tonight over breaking news out of michigan where republicans in the state have passed a right to work law. kevin tweets, "michigan must be crazy. right to work legislation quickly brings lower wages. aren't they suffering enough?" and ellen vollbrecht says "the name right to work is one of the biggest cons. it's not right to work. it's the right to be fired for any reason whether right or...
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i wasn't being funny, bob. i know. >>> government jobs taking away all guns. but that's not what i'm saying. i would just think that the founding fathers could have foreseen automatic weapons coming down the pike. i doubt it. i don't think they were thinking about that when they wrote the second amendment. people change, times change. nobody is going to be grabbing your gun but you might want to make sure that you are not mentally ill before you get it. the second amendment allowed muskets, not semiautomatic assault rifles nor pistols with large clips. here, here on that one. and shannon tweets, why can't all of our constitutional rights be subjected to limits except the ones conferred by the second amendment? we like that one, too. keep your thoughts coming on our facebook and twitter page. tonight in our survey i asked you, will you support any politician who doesn't support reasonable gun laws? 8% of you said yes. 92% of you said no. still to come, how can we take guns out of the hands of the mentally ill in this country? psychiatrist gail saltz on how ment
i wasn't being funny, bob. i know. >>> government jobs taking away all guns. but that's not what i'm saying. i would just think that the founding fathers could have foreseen automatic weapons coming down the pike. i doubt it. i don't think they were thinking about that when they wrote the second amendment. people change, times change. nobody is going to be grabbing your gun but you might want to make sure that you are not mentally ill before you get it. the second amendment allowed...